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Direct linkIne H. van Liempd; Ora Oudgenoeg-Paz; Paul P. M. Leseman – Child Development, 2025
Object exploration is considered a driver of motor, cognitive, and social development. However, little is known about how early childhood education and care settings facilitate object exploration. This study examined if children's exploration of objects during free play was facilitated by the use of particular spatial components (floor, tables,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Toddlers, Preschool Children, Object Manipulation
Sharon Wolf; Matthew C. H. Jukes; Hirokazu Yoshikawa; Jonathan Stern; Sharon Kim – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
High-quality early childhood education provides children with opportunities for engaged learning. Yet there are currently no classroom-level measures that focus specifically on how teachers support engagement in the classroom, a key underlying dimension of playful learning. We introduce the Playful Learning Across the Years (PLAY) observational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum, Preschool Education
Paul N. Reimer – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Research has established the importance of play-based experiences for young children's development and learning. Yet, facing the mounting pressure of accountability and standardized testing, some educators have turned to didactic methods of instruction. Guided play (Weisberg et al., 2016) provides a middle ground between play and instruction for…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Early Childhood Education, STEM Education, Play
